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“We wanted to make other people feel better.”
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Growing One Small Step — When It's Needed Most
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Donate today and help StoryCorps honor, preserve, and share the stories of our shared history — and our hope for the future.
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“You know, it's strange to get called out by the mother of civil rights...”
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"You destroyed our hopes and our dreams and our love, but you didn't remove the man."
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“He was living with his inner struggles, and put those aside for everybody else.”
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Reflections for Father's Day

Discover our collection of stories celebrating father figures and the many ways they support and shape us.

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Stories to Reflect on for Father’s Day

Stories to Reflect on for Father’s Day
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"When you and I communicate with each other, we can do it by beats."
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"When you and I communicate with each other, we can do it by beats."
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The Saint of Dry Creek

The Saint of Dry Creek
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A Wonderful Life
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A Wonderful Life

Get to Know StoryCorps

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An Introduction to StoryCorps from our Founder
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Stories to Lift Your Spirit

Teacher Appreciation

Listen to the many ways educators change lives, and discover a new way to #ThankAnEducator, by visiting our newest collection of stories.

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Giving Thanks to Teachers Everywhere

Giving Thanks to Teachers Everywhere

This Teacher Appreciation Week, here are some special ways to show your appreciation to a teacher in your life, or your child’s life.
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Making It

Making It

Nineteen-year-old Noe Rueda tells his former teacher, Alex Fernandez, about his clever money-making endeavors as a kid in Chicago's Little Village.
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Lessons Learned
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Lessons Learned

After the difficult experience of helping integrate a Tennessee high school in 1964, Dr. William Lynn Weaver remembers succeeding in spite of some teachers, and because of others.
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"You have this unique ability to — even in the darkest times — just tell people it's going to be okay."
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"You have this unique ability to — even in the darkest times — just tell people it's going to be okay."

High school english teacher Alexia Dukes speaks with her mentor and colleague, Maria Rivera, about teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic.